Clinical and therapeutic value of carotid intima-media thickness
Carotid Intima Media Thickness (IMT) has been widely used to predict cardiovascular events in primary and secondary prevention studies. Yet, the power of IMT to reclassify risk level on top of conventional risk assessment based on classical risk factors remains unsettled. In fact, recent data indica...
Main Authors: | Enrico Vassallo, Francesca Musella, Susanna Mosca, Laura Casaretti, Roberto Formisano, Giacomo Mattiello, Ada Bologna, Irma Fabiani, Francesco Gambardella, Laura Petraglia, Giuseppe Rengo, Dario Leosco, Pasquale Perrone-Filardi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2015-12-01
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Series: | Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease |
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Online Access: | https://www.monaldi-archives.org/index.php/macd/article/view/184 |
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